trappings

The fact that they are being paid to do this, with all the trappings of every parents-under-stress reality show, only adds to the air of self-centered exploitation.

It just seemed wrong to behave as if this is business as usual despite the trappings of a normal State of the Union address.

Caillebotte has jettisoned the usual classical trappings of Greek and Roman heroes, which typically cloak male nudes in sober history and myth.

But what's also clear is that he was wary of the trappings of Hollywood.

But the changes in Washington go far beyond these trappings of presidential power.